Southwest Missouri & Springfield Plateau

Southwest Missouri is one of the most cavernous regions in the state. It's also home to one the state's most active grottos, the Springfield Plateau Grotto.

Several survey, documentation and cave restoration projects are currently being conducted in southwest Missouri.

Documentation of undocumented caves, cave fauna and geology are being conducted concurrently in Barry County, Stone County, Christian County and Greene County.

To participate in any of these, please contact the following project directors:

Much of the work involves ridgewalking, obtaining GPS locations, photodocumentation, counting cave fauna and surveying caves in Mark Twain National Forest (as part of contracted CRF projects) and private lands.